Sec. 36a-660. (Formerly Sec. 36-375). Licensee's duties. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 36a-660. (Formerly Sec. 36-375). Licensee's duties. Each licensee shall: (1) Keep complete and adequate records during the term of the contract and for a period of seven years from the date of cancellation or completion of the contract with each debtor, which records shall contain complete information regarding the contract, extensions thereof, payments, disbursements and charges, and shall be open to inspection by the commissioner during normal business hours; (2) make remittances to creditors within a reasonable time after receipt of any funds, less prorated fees and costs, unless the reasonable payment of one or more of the debtor's obligations requires that such funds be held for a longer period so as to accumulate a sum certain; and (3) furnish the debtor a written statement of the debtor's account within a reasonable time after the debtor may request it and within ninety days after the completion of the adjustment of the debtor's debts, and shall furnish the debtor a verbal accounting at any time the debtor may request it during normal business hours.

      (1967, P.A. 882, S. 12; P.A. 79-160, S. 6; P.A. 94-122, S. 299, 340.)

      History: P.A. 79-160 required that remittances to creditors be made "within a reasonable time" rather than within 10 days, required that statement of account be likewise made within reasonable time after debtor requests it and in all cases within 90 days after adjustment completed rather than made each 90 days and deleted former Subsecs. (b) and (c) which required that budget analysis indicate debtor can meet requirements and that debtors have full benefit of any compromise of debt arranged by a licensee with any one or more creditors; P.A. 94-122 deleted "and his duly appointed agents" from Subdiv. (1) and changed "his" to "the debtor's" in Subdiv. (2), effective January 1, 1995; Sec. 36-375 transferred to Sec. 36a-660 in 1995.